Sensitivity and specificity of a real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction detecting feline coronavirus mutations in effusion and serum/plasma of cats to diagnose feline infectious peritonitis

Table 4 Results of effusion samples (n = 59)

group	FIPV^a M1058L	mixed pathotype^a	BLD^b	IND^b	negative^b	total
FIP	22	2	7	3	1	35
controls	1	0	2	0	21	24
total	23	2	9	3	22	59

BLD feline coronavirus present, but below limit of detection, FECV feline enteric coronavirus, FIP feline infectious peritonitis, FIPV feline infectious peritonitis virus, IND feline coronavirus present, but indeterminate sequence variations
^aDefined as positive for statistical analysis
^bDefined as negative for statistical analysis

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